A council lawyer told Reuters that Wyclef Jean cannot appeal a ruling made by Haiti’s electoral council that barred the singer-songwriter from running for president of his homeland. On Friday, the council decided Jean could not be included on the ballot for the Nov. 28 election, due to residency requirements that had not been met. (Jean had not proven he had residency in Haiti for five consecutive years before deciding to run.) Sunday, Jean claimed he planned to appeal the decision. A legal department official in the council, however, told Reuters that Haiti’s electoral law says council decisions are final, and cannot be appealed. “Therefore there is absolutely no possibility for Wyclef Jean to be added to the list of candidates approved to run in the next presidential elections…So it’s over,” Samuel Pierre told Reuters.
Aug 24
2010
06:49 PM ET
Wyclef Jean cannot appeal Haiti electoral council ruling, says council lawyer
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If he’s serious about wanting to be president, all he has to do is live in the country for 5 years and then he should be eligible to run in the next election. It would seem that the ball is in his court, and it’s up to him now to show exactly how serious he is about this.
thank you, that is what i have been saying, if your passionate about this and feel you can make a difference, move there and live there and then run once you have been there 5 years. but since he is a celeb and special he wants his ego fluffed now.
Have you seen the mansion he lives in? I can’t see him leaving it to live in Haiti for 5 years. Of course, to him residency means he talks about living there, not actually living there.
Is Wyclef Jean a successful artist?
Yes.
I hope he can convince his 15 or 16 supporters not to riot.
Now he needs to go live in that stinking slum for five years to show he’s serious. If he survives without dying of something civilized people cured a thousand years ago he can run for president of that sewer.
Wyclef just needs to get of his high-horse of entitlement and focus on what he does–what ever that is!…I really hate when artists, or so-called artists think they can automatically assume positions of power on a whim, like being president. Wyclef singlehandedly ruined the, “We Are the World” remake and now he wants to tackle something he has zero knowledge about and zero qualifications for. Give it a rest Wyclef!